Question

【题目】— What brought joy to John just now?
— (receive) a gift from his boss.

Answer 1

【答案】Receiving
【解析】句意：——刚才什么使John高兴起来？——收到来自他老板的一个礼物。What在句子做主语，回答的部分就是主语，要用动名词，receive的动名词是Receiving，放在句首首字母大写，所以答案是Receiving。